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Apple Can Afford to Mess with Annoying, Snoopy Ads–And at WWDC, It Did
- real-hacker 9y agoI wouldn't be surprised if the feature of 'blocking snoopy ads' become a browser standard. And considering Chrome + Safari take a majority of browser market share, this feature, basically, is a death sentence to all the Internet ad companies. Of course, Google will be fine.
- majewsky 9y agoLike when popup blocking became a standard browser feature around a decade ago?
- real-hacker 9y agoThis is different from the popup in nature. A lot of ads rely on cookie tracking to target users, this feature makes tracking almost impossible, and ads without targeting have much less value. Are you suggesting internet ads will invent new ways to track users?
- majewsky 9y agoI hope not. :D But until now, data miners have always found some way to work around the restrictions that browsers imposed. (Though, admittedly, an adblocker is the toughest such restriction.)
- Isamu 9y agoThe article talks about Safari Reader Mode as if it is about ads, but man, I HAVE to use it just to READ GODDAMN WEBSITES ON MOBILE. The problems with mobile versions of sites are just to many to enumerate, and we just want to be able to read what's there, and maybe (if it's not asking too much) be able to interact a bit. The too-hard-to-read text, the glacier-speed loading, the jumping text (due to late-loading images or ads) the craziness, what is it all for?
- real-hacker 9y agoThis is a poorly written post. The title is referring to the stop-ad-tracking feature, but the text is mostly about 'reader mode'.